Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres
# Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 28 and 29 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Süreyya Ayhan Turkey | Maria Cristina Grosu Romania | Sabine Fischer Switzerland |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 4:13.79 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Nataliya Sydorenko | Ukraine | 4:14.76 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Renata Hoppová | Czech Republic | 4:14.95 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jenelle Deatherage | United States | 4:14.96 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Maria Cristina Grosu | Romania | 4:15.18 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ljiljana Ćulibrk | Croatia | 4:15.29 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Malindi Elmore | Canada | 4:15.37 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Sabine Fischer | Switzerland | 4:15.49 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Iryna Lishchynska | Ukraine | 4:15.87 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Nédia Semedo | Portugal | 4:16.24 | |
| 11 | 1 | Mariah Lynch | Ireland | 4:16.43 | |
| 12 | 3 | Elena Buhaianu-Iagăr | Romania | 4:17.45 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Irina Krakoviak | Lithuania | 4:17.53 | |
| 14 | 3 | Olga Roseyeva | Russia | 4:17.68 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | René Kalmer | South Africa | 4:17.70 | |
| 16 | 3 | Mary Jayne Harrelson | United States | 4:17.76 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Lithuania | 4:18.19 | |
| 18 | 2 | Tok Ko-Sun Ok | North Korea | 4:18.34 | |
| 19 | 3 | Kelly Caffell | Great Britain | 4:18.36 | |
| 20 | 3 | Lisbeth Pedersen | Norway | 4:18.50 | |
| 21 | 2 | Anjolie Wisse | Netherlands | 4:19.12 | |
| 22 | 3 | Li Jingnan | China | 4:19.13 | |
| 23 | 3 | Andrea Grove | Canada | 4:19.19 | |
| 24 | 2 | Lan Lixin | China | 4:19.93 | |
| 25 | 1 | Emily Morris | Australia | 4:23.28 | |
| 26 | 2 | Kate McIlroy | Ireland | 4:25.95 | |
| 27 | 2 | Sara Palmas | Italy | 4:27.38 | |
| 28 | 3 | Khadija Touati | Algeria | 4:27.43 | |
| 29 | 3 | Fiona Crombie | New Zealand | 4:32.48 | |
| 30 | 3 | Victoria Moradeyo | Nigeria | 4:38.47 | |
| 31 | 3 | Jouma Kekana | South Africa | 4:39.65 | |
| 32 | 2 | Maysa Hussein Matrood | Iraq | 4:40.56 | |
| 33 | 1 | Evelyn Rojas | Costa Rica | 4:41.12 | |
| 34 | 3 | Amal Al-Matary | Jordan | 4:48.55 | |
| 35 | 2 | P. N. Somaratne | Sri Lanka | 4:53.90 | |
| 36 | 1 | Karla Silva | Peru | 4:56.19 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 4:06.91 |
| | Maria Cristina Grosu | Romania | 4:08.84 |
| | Sabine Fischer | Switzerland | 4:08.93 |
| 4 | Mary Jayne Harrelson | United States | 4:11.68 |
| 5 | Nataliya Sydorenko | Ukraine | 4:12.38 |
| 6 | Olga Roseyeva | Russia | 4:12.53 |
| 7 | Ljiljana Ćulibrk | Croatia | 4:12.58 |
| 8 | Elena Buhaianu-Iagăr | Romania | 4:12.75 |
| 9 | Jenelle Deatherage | United States | 4:13.89 |
| 10 | Malindi Elmore | Canada | 4:14.66 |
| 11 | Renata Hoppová | Czech Republic | 4:18.29 |
| 12 | Iryna Lishchynska | Ukraine | 4:33.81 |
